Double Drabble: Disillusioned

[bk_forever]

Title: Disillusioned
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Suzie, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 616: Thrill at tw100.
Spoilers: Set pre-series.
Summary: Suzie has become disillusioned about Torchwood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.




Back when she was recruited to Torchwood, it had all been so exciting and new. Suzie had been filled with awe and wonder at each new discovery but as time had passed the thrill had worn off.


She’d started to realise they never got anything really good. They got Weevils and Hoix, both species willing to eat whatever they could get their claws on. They got bits of unidentifiable tech, most of it broken beyond hope of repair. They got random objects from earth’s past, none of which were worth anything, and they got junk, the discarded refuse of a thousand worlds. The Rift should be charged with littering.


Where were all the wonderful things she’d expected to discover, the technology that could change the world? Where were the aliens from advanced civilisations who could provide the people of earth with cures to all known diseases, eliminate air pollution, and provide clean sources of energy?


Jack was no help; he kept talking about timelines and how they had to be maintained. He said changing the future would be catastrophic, but he was wrong. They should be using what they found to make the world better, otherwise what was the point?



The End













 

Comments

[bk_forever]

I don't even consider it WAS a love triangle. If Jack had really wanted Gwen he could have had her, but he never made a move.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Okay. More like a straight line, where Gwen didn't get the point that Jack was getting across.

[bk_forever]

Gwen didn't get anything she didn't want to see.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.*sighs*

I wish they had done an episode where Gwen had not uncovered Torchwood.

[bk_forever]

It wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't broken through the Retcon. Then the police could have fired her for incompetence and dereliction of duty, which would have been more realistic. Andy could have joined Torchwood instead.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Donna got "Turn Left" and we saw how integral she was to the Doctor's life. I'd rather Rhys had forgotten Gwen in the episode "Adam". Andy would have been interesting as part of the Torchwood team. Imagine how he'd get on with the others.

[bk_forever]

Turn Left was great.

Rhys wasn't under Adam's influence though.

That's why I added Andy to my team.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Wilf: Sweetheart, come on. You're not going to make the world any better by shouting at it.
Donna: I can try.

It sure was.

True. I just wish there had been such a scenario with Rhys.

Yes. That was/is very wise of you. I really wanted to see Andy and Ianto banter onscreen.

[bk_forever]

I've built the team I wanted to see on the show. Gwen is still there but I've tried to make her nicer, which isn't easy. I leave her out of fics wherever possible.